# Oohhh Umbrrrr. You're in troub-le.

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**Created:** [February 11, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517 "2017-02-11T03:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517/1 "2017-02-11T03:34:43Z")

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One of those odd kid memories popped into my head today. I vaguely remember this from 1st or second grade in the 70’s. The tattler chanted it in a sing-songy voice right before they went and tattled. I don’t remember it lasting all that long(and I have no idea how to spell umbrrr).

Anybody else remember something like this, or was it just one of the weird things my school came up with?

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517/2 "2017-02-11T03:45:08Z")

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That’s the catchphrase of the little sister “Dee” in “What’s Happening” [What's Happening - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_Happening)!! I think.

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**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517/3 "2017-02-11T03:47:58Z")

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Well, that would explain it perfectly, I never watched the show, but that the years match up.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517/4 "2017-02-11T03:50:43Z")

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> [@wolfman](#):
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> Well, that would explain it perfectly, I never watched the show, but that the years match up.

Glad to help. Annoyingly, I can’t find a video clip, but here’s a “meme” of her.

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517/5 "2017-02-11T03:52:53Z")

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I don’t remember “Ummmbrrrr,” but I do remember a drawn-out “Uuuummmmm…” denoting that you were about to be in trouble. This is from southern California in the 70s.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oohhh-umbrrrr-youre-in-troub-le/779517/6 "2017-02-11T04:28:14Z")

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> [@Andy\_L](#):
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> Glad to help. Annoyingly, I can’t find a video clip, but here’s a “meme” of her.

Forgot the link - [https://memegenerator.net/instance/61662721](https://memegenerator.net/instance/61662721)